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> "Cabrito del Bosque" > wrote in message
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>> On 5/24/2015 10:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had
>>>>>>> a lot
>>>>>>> of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown the
>>>>>>> huge
>>>>>>> reservoirs with very little water in them. They were showing how
>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>> with lush grass and full swimming pools were being demonised.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>>>>>> food,
>>>>>> half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a 35%
>>>>>> cutback
>>>>>> on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is the last
>>>>>> year we
>>>>>> will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we should be in full
>>>>>> anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on illegal immigrants.
>>>>>>
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>>>>> So if there will be no water in the reservoirs, where will your water
>>>>> come from?
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>>>>
>>>> Nowhere. That's the problem and that is where we are headed. It
>>>> could get very ugly.
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>>> Are there many posters here from California? I haven't heard anyone
>>> speaking about it. Are you not all very worried?
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>> I suspect many are worried enough to be stunned to silence.
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> Especially since they were releasing all tha water from dams a couple of
> years ago. Idiots.
Without water flowing to the sea you get dry rivers and salt water polluted
deltas. You cannot have an excosystem without flowing water. Damning every
drop just makes the problem very much worse. A great many creatures besides
humans need that water, too. And unlike humans they cannot do with less.
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